3 firefighters injured, apartments damaged by White Center brush fire

  • Source: KCPQ-TV FOX 13
  • Published: 03/20/2019 06:45 PM

It’s the first day of spring, but brush fires have already been popping up across Washington state because of the dry conditions. In White Center Wednesday afternoon a brush fire damaged an apartment building and injured three firefighters. The brush fire was about two acres in size and winds carried the fire toward an apartment complex, damaging seven units and displacing more than a dozen people. Sgt. Ryan Abbott with the King County Sheriff’s Office says they arrested a 34-year-old transient male Wednesday afternoon for suspected arson at the King County Library in White Center after a witness told deputies they saw the man set the field on fire. The library is a few blocks from the field. Even though this brush fire is suspected to be intentional, firefighters say warm weather and the wind Wednesday afternoon helped spread the fire quickly.



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